Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
History
Economics
Finance
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
Politics
Economics
Business
The Sociological Imagination
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
Law
Psychology
Politics
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Discourses
Philosophy
Politics
History
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
Politics
Psychology
History
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Not the End of the World
How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Obedience to Authority
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Twitter and Tear Gas
The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
Politics
Technology
Sociology
The Human Condition
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
Politics
History
Economics
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
History
Science
Anthropology
Hood Feminism
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminism
Race
Social Justice
Teaching to Transgress
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Teaching
Feminism
Social Justice
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
Business
Finance
Money
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
Politics
Sociology
Business
Democracy
The God That Failed
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
How to Lie with Statistics
Science
Business
Mathematics
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Sociology
Philosophy
History
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
History
Politics
American History
After the Prophet
The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
History
Religion
Islam
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Science Fiction
Classics
Science Fiction Fantasy
Expert Political Judgment
How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
Politics
Psychology
Science
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Road to Serfdom
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
History
War
World War II
The Struggle for Pakistan
A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
History
Pakistan
Politics
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
Economics
Finance
Business
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Politics
Economics
History
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Economics
Politics
Business
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Economics
History
Finance
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
History
Politics
True Crime
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
The Origins of Totalitarianism
History
Philosophy
Politics
Imperialism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Behold a Pale Horse
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
History
Intellectuals and Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Calling Bullshit
The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Science
Psychology
Business
How to Have Impossible Conversations
A Very Practical Guide
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Nordic Theory of Everything
In Search of a Better Life
Politics
Sociology
Memoir
The Globalization Paradox
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
Economics
Politics
History
Misbelief
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Message to the Blackman in America
Religion
Race
Islam
Enrique's Journey
Biography
Book Club
School
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Business
Psychology
Politics
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
No Logo
Politics
Economics
Business
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
History
True Crime
Ireland
